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British COVID lockdown is ‘really disturbing’
Sky News Australia ^ | Nov 28, 2020 | Sky News Australia, Rowan Dean

Posted on 11/30/2020 9:10:50 AM PST by ransomnote

This newscast shows footage of a lockdown protest in the UK. Boris Johnson has told the public the lockdown will continue until Easter. Over 100 people were arrested yesterday.

The newscasters are disturbed by the excessive level of aggression displayed by police, which contrasted starkly with law enforcement's respectful, kneeling response during BLM riots.

I saw similar footage from Wales yesterday. Prayers up for all good citizens everywhere - may God shield them and strengthen them as they go into the streets to take back their freedom.

First image is current unrest. Image below it is the gentle kneeling police from the UK's BLM "protests" during Covid lockdown.



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1 posted on 11/30/2020 9:10:50 AM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Coming soon to America.


2 posted on 11/30/2020 9:13:10 AM PST by brownsfan (Schools. If we don't fix the schools, nothing else matters.)
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To: ransomnote

A lot of stuff politicians get away with foisting on the people is really disturbing to me and has been for a long time.

Our constitution saves us from that nonsense. For it to get even close to that bad here we would have to first abandon the constitution. However, that’s what I see in the eyes of every face I see behind a mask.


3 posted on 11/30/2020 9:16:41 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: cuban leaf

politicians = UK politicians


4 posted on 11/30/2020 9:17:19 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: cuban leaf
Our constitution saves us from that nonsense. For it to get even close to that bad here we would have to first abandon the constitution.

Actually, you only need one judge to join Kagan, Breyer, Sotomayor and Roberts and the constitution will be swept away. The people won't get a vote on the death of their constitution, just the five people who put the knife into it.

5 posted on 11/30/2020 9:20:33 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: ransomnote

Unless it’s just a funny angle, it doesn’t look like the 2 uniformed dudes in the pic are wearing maskie-waskies.


6 posted on 11/30/2020 9:21:39 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

I definitely agree with that. I remember someone posting an article about an RBG dissenting opinion and they basically said that the problem with it was not the position she took, but that it was based on “fairness” rather than the constitution.

And as we all know, “fairness” is a subjective term. IMO, any judge that goes by “fairness” rather than the written law should be immediately impeached.


7 posted on 11/30/2020 9:33:13 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: ransomnote

There must be bodies everywhere.


8 posted on 11/30/2020 9:49:18 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: pepsi_junkie

I’m not certain the Supreme Court even matters any longer.

They can rule and make decisions till the cows come home...does anyone believe for one minute that the New Democrat Junta of Biden/Harris and the government class federal employees will follow them? At the end of the day rule is achieved at the end of a gun, and we know whose orders the federal law enforcement and the political generals want to follow.


9 posted on 11/30/2020 9:57:32 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (I did not leave my country, my country left me)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

New Democrat Junta of Biden/Harris
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They will never take office. The United States will not be handed over to China’s Manchurian Puppets.


10 posted on 11/30/2020 10:04:01 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: brownsfan

I saw a horrible tweet of an anti-lockdown protester being arrested in London...he had lost his business to the shutdown, just wanted to give voice to his misery in an anti-lockdown demonstration....and the police were all over him. He basically collapsed, crying and rolled into a fetal position while they got his hands behind his back. The same police that took a knee and did nothing while leftist rioters tore up London a few months ago.

And yes, it is coming to us. I read that the bar owner on Staten Island who was refusing to shut down his bar received a visit from the “TLC peace officers” who were going to shut it down for him. He closed rather than have them rip up his business.

The really scary thing is that TLC means “Taxi & Limousine Commission,” and their mysterious “peace officers,” who used to just look for fake medallions, etc., are now being used in shut-down enforcement. Our mayor in Jacksonville created a special health department bicycle squad of mask enforcers and gave them powers to fine and close businesses on the spot because the sheriff wouldn’t do it. So expect more of these personal para-police forces in our future.


11 posted on 11/30/2020 10:27:51 AM PST by livius
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To: ransomnote

I don’t see any mechanism...or the requisite courage in Republican Party...to prevent them taking over. They have out-maneuvered and out-flanked the Republican Party and the Trump administration and campaign at every turn.

Mostly, they’ve acted...putting massive money and armies of local foot soldiers in the the field (in local election HQs) - while the Republicans and Trump have countered with...PR extravaganzas and court pleadings that tossed without even getting a hearing. Not very awe inspiring.


12 posted on 11/30/2020 10:34:42 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (I did not leave my country, my country left me)
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To: ransomnote

bookmark


13 posted on 11/30/2020 10:49:47 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: ransomnote

I hope you’re right.


14 posted on 11/30/2020 10:52:11 AM PST by livius
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To: livius

“The really scary thing is that ... “

Actually, the scary thing is at least 50% of Americans WANT this.

I’m older, don’t need a lot, don’t really do a lot. I’m simply observing, and I’ll be sure to point out what happens to the lefties around me. They won’t care, and when I tell them, I will be the problem.


15 posted on 11/30/2020 11:14:17 AM PST by brownsfan (Schools. If we don't fix the schools, nothing else matters.)
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To: ransomnote

All these brutally draconian measures are being set on the public as the epidemic there is actually on a downward curve, following a natural law seen in prior new pandemics as the population gains immunity except for unfortunate vulnerables

Coming here if BiteMe is installed


16 posted on 11/30/2020 11:48:19 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change.)
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Youtube: 20m21s: 23 Nov: Peter Hitchens (Daily Mail UK) urges people to ‘stop swallowing this garbage’ on Covid restrictions
by TalkRadio
Speaking with talkRADIO’s Mike Graham, the journalist said: “Unless we can show this thing was wrong from the start, we’re stuck with it until at least the spring, and quite possibly forever.”
It comes after health secretary Matt Hancock warned Covid measures will be needed through the winter despite the latest successful vaccine trials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh3u0W1ajks

above references a Ross Clark/Daily Mail article, which is what the following is about, yet it has no link to Clark’s article that I could find!

23 Nov: Daily Mail: Department of Health in climbdown after online swipe at The Mail’s analysis of Covid-19 facts and figures
•The Mail said Government predictions on potential fatalities were inaccurate
•Whitehall spin doctors used official Twitter account to try to rubbish the report
•The department failed to identify a single error in the figures and data we used
By David Churchill
The Health Department was forced into a humiliating climbdown yesterday after accusing the Mail of ‘misleading’ readers.
On Saturday we published a two-page analysis raising multiple questions about ministers’ handling of the pandemic and their use of data to justify draconian lockdown rules.
We pointed out that Government predictions on potential fatalities were wildly inaccurate and deaths are not far above average for this time of year.
Shortly after publication, Whitehall spin doctors used the Department of Health and Social Care’s official Twitter account to try to rubbish the report...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8976195/Department-Health-climbdown-online-swipe-analysis-Covid-19-facts-figures.html

I had great trouble finding this article, even when seaching the exact date parameters, author, newspaper, & various key words! had to find a link from a Russia Today article?

22 Nov Updated 23 Nov: Daily Mail: What they DON’T tell you about Covid: Fewer beds taken up than last year, deaths a fraction of the grim forecasts, 95% of fatalities had underlying causes... and how the facts can be twisted to strike fear in our hearts
By Ross Clark
Despite the fearmongering, the number of Covid-19 deaths is significantly lower than the peak back in April
•Latest ONS estimate shows that in the week ending November 14, new infections were already levelling off
•GCHQ staff have been embedded in a Cabinet Office team in Downing Street to provide Boris Johnson with real-time updates of Covid-19
•Analysts will sift through vast amounts of data to ensure Boris Johnson has the most up-to-date information
READ ALL...with CHARTS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8971669/amp/What-DONT-tell-Covid-facts-twisted-strike-fear-hearts.html

worth reading all as well:

22 Nov: Russia Today: UK Health Dept pilloried after issuing vague objection to Daily Mail article challenging govt’s Covid-19 narrative
The Mail pointed out that the number of daily deaths being reported in the country is not unusually high for this time of year, adding that 95 percent of Covid-related deaths involved people with serious underlying conditions. The government’s fears of hospitals being overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients were also questioned, with the Mail reporting that only 31 percent of intensive care unit beds are currently occupied by patients that have tested positive for coronavirus.
The analysis caused a sensation on social media, and even caught the attention of the Department of Health and Social Care...
https://www.rt.com/uk/507478-health-department-daily-mail-coronavirus/


17 posted on 11/30/2020 12:56:48 PM PST by MAGAthon
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